Consumer: Words as Words curated by It’s Nice That at Selfridges

Last week we attended the Words as Words event at Selfridges, as curated by online publication It’s Nice That.  The talk was the third in a series of discussions and presentations celebrating all things ‘language’, and part of the Words Words Words six-month takeover at London’s iconic department store, this season. Set in the store’s Ultralounge, which has been temporarily converted ...
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Art & Design: Muji presents Product Fitness 80 with Naoto Fukasawa at the Design Museum

Responding to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami one year on, an exhibition by minimalist retailers Muji at the Design Museum next month will address the issue of energy consumption in product and packaging design. Product Fitness 80 will present a selection of prototypes and objects - including pens, umbrellas and other everyday basics - not yet available in European stores, that ...
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Innovation & Technology: Robot Readable World by Timo Arnall of BERG London

An experimental video by the Creative Director of BERG London, Timo Arnall, shows us how robots view reality and the human world. Inspired by an essay by Matt Jones – Principal at BERG London - Robot Readable World is a montage of pieced together CCTV footage of moving traffic and groups of people in the street.  It shows us how new ...
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Food For Thought at Hurwundeki with Stylesight and the Disappearing Dining Club

The snow outside wasn’t enough to discourage guests in joining us for our inaugural Influencer’s Dinner in collaboration with the Disappearing Dining Club at Hurwundeki in East London last night. Hosted by Stylesight’s Director of Lifestyle and Culture Helen Job and Trend and Innovation consultant Philippa Wagner, a hand-picked selection of inspiring industry experts sat down with us to enjoy large, ...
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Food: Eat Rich Or Die Trying

For those with a sweet tooth, the quarterly dining club Eat Rich Or Die Trying will invite guests to experience several evenings full of traditional dessert and confectionery eating, with each dinner themed by the season. The first of which Love divinations, apparitions and cookie dough - held over Saint Valentine’s weekend no less - will be held at Kemistry Gallery ...
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Stylesight Influencer’s Dinner with the Disappearing Dining Club

This Thursday we will be hosting our inaugural Influencer's Dinner with the Disappearing Dining Club at Hurwundeki in East London. An intimate evening of food, thought and conviviality, we are bringing together a handful of creative minds from various disciplines to discuss key ideas and trends that are shaping our future thinking. FARM:shop in Dalston by Something & Son With guests including ...
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We Love… Bombay Beach by Alma Har’el

A surreal, documentary film by former music-video director Alma Har'el, Bombay Beach captures the individual lives of a group of wandering souls who have made their home in the abandoned, former vacation resort on the Salton Sea in Southern California. Once a vibrant enclave for tourists during the 1950s and 60s - attracting Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin among others - ...
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Consumer: The Plant Journal and Wilder Quarterly

Two new publications that dedicate their content to plants and the natural world have recently caught our attention. The Plant Journal hails from Barcelona and is the project of designers Carol Montpart and Isabel Merino.  A bi-annual release, each issue features the work of emerging and established creatives from disciplines including photography, design, illustration and music who enjoy all things flora, ...
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